Cercopithecidea

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Old World Monkeys
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<div class="tree_txt_unlinked"><p>Of
the two subfamilies in Cercopithecoidea, Cercopithecinae and Colobinae
are distinguished by dietary adaptations, with the former more
frugivorous and the later more folivorous. Molecular evidence suggests
these two groups probably diverged around 14 million years ago.</p>
<p><strong>Citations</strong>: Fleagle 1999</p>
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